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extra Chicago examiner extra vol xl no 81 a m Â£ wednesday Chicago march 26 1913 wednesday rtluttred in ... s patent oniet prtpf onf cfnt delivered by carrier r_\h v-tn Â«_.__!> i 30 c ._ ta p . r mo _ tll 7,000 drowned in ohio floods is report mayor of dayton telephones that 5,000 are dead in that city governor cox of ohio appeals to all the world to help victims columbus ohio march 25 gov cox with the sanction of the legislature in session to-night issued an appeal to the world for assistance for ohio flood sufferers great wall of water forty feet deep is reported to have swept over dayton when power reservoir burst unconfirmed reports place the dead at hamilton at 1 000 at piqua 540 and at celina 500 , ' cleveland ohio march 26 1 a m â€” bulletin message from dayton via xenia via phone just received says death list is from 2,000 to 5 000 probably the latter the entire town is under water which reaches the third floor of hotels in the business center a school containing 400 children was submerged and all the little ones perished __ . cleveland 0 march 25 more than 7,000 lives were lost in the great flood which swept through ohio to-day leaving in its trail damage estimated far into the mil lions the state is paralyzed railroad trolley telephone and telegraph traffic is iblocked and the cities and towns in which hundreds and thousands of lives have been host are cut off almost entirely from communication with the rest of the world according to reports which are believed to be authentic 5,000 were drowned in | dayton fully 1,000 in hamilton and 540 in piqua * j * untold millions of dollars damage has been done to property fully 75,000 people are homeless and appeals for aid have been sent out to the red cross in dayton alone 30,000 people are homeless the four days continuous rain filled every reservoir in the state and a number of them to-day undermined dams and poured their contents into the valleys seven-foot wall of water traps hundreds a wall of water seven feet high rushed down into miami valley the levees alongÃŸ the miami river broke and the residents of dayton along the river were forced to flee for their lives the rush of water was so great however that houses were undermined and carried along in the swift current hundreds were drowned before they had a chance to seek places of safety the water crept higher and higher and finally it was thirteen feet deep at the union station some parts of the city were under thirty feet of water it was at first reported that 8,000 were drowned in dayton later a message was i received from a telephone operator in the dayton exchange that he could see hundreds of bodies floating through the street past the telephone building i at 9 o'clock the mayor of dayton who had escaped from the flood sent j a message declaring that 5,000 persons were drowned in the city that 30,000 were homeless and that the situation was appalling at 10 o'clock to-night the dam of a reservoir north of hamilton burst and a great flood swept down upon the city according to word from refugees more than 1,000 people were drowned in piqua the river burst the levees poured through the town and trapped hundreds of people in their homes the swift current undermined the houses and it is estimated that hundreds were swept to their death 100 are reported drowned at delaware in delaware the olentangy river became a lake which covered most of the city it is estimated that from 50 to 100 were drowned people were left clinging to trees roof tops and telegraph poles cryincj for assist ance owing to the swift current in the river the work of rescue was difficult in cleveland the cuyahoga river swept through the manufacturing district in the flats closed down hundreds of mills and left more than 50,000 workers idle the east third street bridge was destroyed when a big steamer was swept from its moorings and crashed into it thousands of dollars worth of lumber was swept from the river and out into the lake firemen were kept busy dynamiting lumber jams at the bridges in youngstown 25,000 workmen were forced to quit work when most of the big industries were shut down by the flood all bridges in the city are guarded in piqua the militia has been called from toledo to aid in the rescue work the big bridge over the miami river at middletown has been swept away fifteen Chicago will respond to ohio's appeal the Chicago examinee calls upon the people of Chicago to respond to the ap peal of the governor of ohio for financial nd other material assistance for the thousands of persons that aje suffering in the flooded dis tricts the swollen rivers broken dams and over flowing lakes in the hills of ohio have caused millions of dollars 7 worth of loss thrown thou sands upon thousands of men out of work closed ~ factories and business houses blocked railroads and tendered homeless and destitute unnumbered i thousands of men women and children the , | disaster _â€¢ the most appalling in the history of ' | ohio and one of the most terrible that any por < tfon of the united states has known tke gives twice who gives quickly ohio through her chief executive calls j on the world to come to the rescue there is no time to be lost the need is great and im mediate clothing food tents money and medi cine must be furnished to the stricken people with a lavish hand there must be no suffering in ohio that the people of the united states can with magnificent generosity prevent the op portunity is here for chioago to rise to this oc casion as grandly as she has always risen to the plea of suffering municipalities and as grandr ly as the nation rose to chicago's relief in her time of tremendous trial in 1871 send contributions of money payable to the Chicago examiner ohio relief fund notify the examiner where supplies of clothing bedding tents cooking utensils and other necessaries may be called for let there be no stint in chicago's response to ohio's appeal latest reports of the flood the examiner prints these messages from tlie stricken district as received without in anv way vouching for their authenticity means of communication are so meager that it is impossible to obtain accurate statistics there is no doubt that there has been great loss of life that the property loss is tremendous that the suffering is widespread and the need for succor is acute only the restoration of telegraph and telephone iines will permit the publication of actual con ditions and figures the middle west is to-day in the grasp of the worst floods ever-experienced loi lowing in the wake of the terrific war of the elements which in the past two days has swept practically the entire country from v ebraska to vermont the state of ohio from the maumee to the ohio is practically a vast inland lake and at midnight the wildest rumors concerning the fate of the city of dayton one of the show places of the state are afloat a levee restraining the miami river at this point broke during the morning and soon the city was flooded to a depth of from seven to twelve feet many build ings had collapsed when ihe final link of communication with the outside world â€” one telephone wire â€” was lost ttp to 6 o'clock last night reliable reports placed the number of drowned there at sixty but from that hour rumors of greater and almost unbelievable disaster be gan to trickle in from remote sources a power resorvoir near dayton was reported to have broken and sent further flood upon the stricken city another report avas to the effect that 5,000 persons had lest their lives and that the city had been engulfed by vater to a depth of forty feet dead bodies washed about streets another rumor equally lacking confirmation was that the bodjes of people could be seen being washed about in the streets and on the outskirts of dayton every effort is being made to confirm these rumors and they are given under reser vation a report ; deceived via anderson ind says that the city of elina oiiio has been engulfed by the breaking of the dam at the grand reservoir and that the loss of life will total more than five hundred the grand reservoir is a great lake several miles in extent which was located just to the east of the city and its waters were held in check by a huge dam the breaking of this dam would sweep the city just as johnstown was swept when the dam broke there from hamilton ohio comes a report that the flood had taken a toll of 1,000 lives from piqua ohio comes another report that the loss of life in the floods in that city will reach five hundred v from peru ind comes a midnight message that 200 persons have been drowned in the floods there all these reports are entirely without confirmation the examiner merely pats them on record in the form in which they were received without vouching for their authenticity from every city and town in ohio with which communication is still possible a tale of death and disaster is reported among the towns which suffered heavily is delaware where from 50 to 100 persons were drowned when the olentangy river flooded the town among the dead there are the widow and daughter of ham jones the georgia evangelist the residential portion of the town is in ruins residents are marooned on house-tops and in trees and because of the small number of boats on hand rescue work is slow lt is estimated that 2.000 persons are homeless and many are in a critical condi tion from lack of food and exposure the town of findlay is flood-swept and much ruin has resulted in the business continued n 4th page 2d column

extra Chicago examiner extra vol xl no 81 a m Â£ wednesday Chicago march 26 1913 wednesday rtluttred in ... s patent oniet prtpf onf cfnt delivered by carrier r_\h v-tn Â«_.__!> i 30 c ._ ta p . r mo _ tll 7,000 drowned in ohio floods is report mayor of dayton telephones that 5,000 are dead in that city governor cox of ohio appeals to all the world to help victims columbus ohio march 25 gov cox with the sanction of the legislature in session to-night issued an appeal to the world for assistance for ohio flood sufferers great wall of water forty feet deep is reported to have swept over dayton when power reservoir burst unconfirmed reports place the dead at hamilton at 1 000 at piqua 540 and at celina 500 , ' cleveland ohio march 26 1 a m â€” bulletin message from dayton via xenia via phone just received says death list is from 2,000 to 5 000 probably the latter the entire town is under water which reaches the third floor of hotels in the business center a school containing 400 children was submerged and all the little ones perished __ . cleveland 0 march 25 more than 7,000 lives were lost in the great flood which swept through ohio to-day leaving in its trail damage estimated far into the mil lions the state is paralyzed railroad trolley telephone and telegraph traffic is iblocked and the cities and towns in which hundreds and thousands of lives have been host are cut off almost entirely from communication with the rest of the world according to reports which are believed to be authentic 5,000 were drowned in | dayton fully 1,000 in hamilton and 540 in piqua * j * untold millions of dollars damage has been done to property fully 75,000 people are homeless and appeals for aid have been sent out to the red cross in dayton alone 30,000 people are homeless the four days continuous rain filled every reservoir in the state and a number of them to-day undermined dams and poured their contents into the valleys seven-foot wall of water traps hundreds a wall of water seven feet high rushed down into miami valley the levees alongÃŸ the miami river broke and the residents of dayton along the river were forced to flee for their lives the rush of water was so great however that houses were undermined and carried along in the swift current hundreds were drowned before they had a chance to seek places of safety the water crept higher and higher and finally it was thirteen feet deep at the union station some parts of the city were under thirty feet of water it was at first reported that 8,000 were drowned in dayton later a message was i received from a telephone operator in the dayton exchange that he could see hundreds of bodies floating through the street past the telephone building i at 9 o'clock the mayor of dayton who had escaped from the flood sent j a message declaring that 5,000 persons were drowned in the city that 30,000 were homeless and that the situation was appalling at 10 o'clock to-night the dam of a reservoir north of hamilton burst and a great flood swept down upon the city according to word from refugees more than 1,000 people were drowned in piqua the river burst the levees poured through the town and trapped hundreds of people in their homes the swift current undermined the houses and it is estimated that hundreds were swept to their death 100 are reported drowned at delaware in delaware the olentangy river became a lake which covered most of the city it is estimated that from 50 to 100 were drowned people were left clinging to trees roof tops and telegraph poles cryincj for assist ance owing to the swift current in the river the work of rescue was difficult in cleveland the cuyahoga river swept through the manufacturing district in the flats closed down hundreds of mills and left more than 50,000 workers idle the east third street bridge was destroyed when a big steamer was swept from its moorings and crashed into it thousands of dollars worth of lumber was swept from the river and out into the lake firemen were kept busy dynamiting lumber jams at the bridges in youngstown 25,000 workmen were forced to quit work when most of the big industries were shut down by the flood all bridges in the city are guarded in piqua the militia has been called from toledo to aid in the rescue work the big bridge over the miami river at middletown has been swept away fifteen Chicago will respond to ohio's appeal the Chicago examinee calls upon the people of Chicago to respond to the ap peal of the governor of ohio for financial nd other material assistance for the thousands of persons that aje suffering in the flooded dis tricts the swollen rivers broken dams and over flowing lakes in the hills of ohio have caused millions of dollars 7 worth of loss thrown thou sands upon thousands of men out of work closed ~ factories and business houses blocked railroads and tendered homeless and destitute unnumbered i thousands of men women and children the , | disaster _â€¢ the most appalling in the history of ' | ohio and one of the most terrible that any por < tfon of the united states has known tke gives twice who gives quickly ohio through her chief executive calls j on the world to come to the rescue there is no time to be lost the need is great and im mediate clothing food tents money and medi cine must be furnished to the stricken people with a lavish hand there must be no suffering in ohio that the people of the united states can with magnificent generosity prevent the op portunity is here for chioago to rise to this oc casion as grandly as she has always risen to the plea of suffering municipalities and as grandr ly as the nation rose to chicago's relief in her time of tremendous trial in 1871 send contributions of money payable to the Chicago examiner ohio relief fund notify the examiner where supplies of clothing bedding tents cooking utensils and other necessaries may be called for let there be no stint in chicago's response to ohio's appeal latest reports of the flood the examiner prints these messages from tlie stricken district as received without in anv way vouching for their authenticity means of communication are so meager that it is impossible to obtain accurate statistics there is no doubt that there has been great loss of life that the property loss is tremendous that the suffering is widespread and the need for succor is acute only the restoration of telegraph and telephone iines will permit the publication of actual con ditions and figures the middle west is to-day in the grasp of the worst floods ever-experienced loi lowing in the wake of the terrific war of the elements which in the past two days has swept practically the entire country from v ebraska to vermont the state of ohio from the maumee to the ohio is practically a vast inland lake and at midnight the wildest rumors concerning the fate of the city of dayton one of the show places of the state are afloat a levee restraining the miami river at this point broke during the morning and soon the city was flooded to a depth of from seven to twelve feet many build ings had collapsed when ihe final link of communication with the outside world â€” one telephone wire â€” was lost ttp to 6 o'clock last night reliable reports placed the number of drowned there at sixty but from that hour rumors of greater and almost unbelievable disaster be gan to trickle in from remote sources a power resorvoir near dayton was reported to have broken and sent further flood upon the stricken city another report avas to the effect that 5,000 persons had lest their lives and that the city had been engulfed by vater to a depth of forty feet dead bodies washed about streets another rumor equally lacking confirmation was that the bodjes of people could be seen being washed about in the streets and on the outskirts of dayton every effort is being made to confirm these rumors and they are given under reser vation a report ; deceived via anderson ind says that the city of elina oiiio has been engulfed by the breaking of the dam at the grand reservoir and that the loss of life will total more than five hundred the grand reservoir is a great lake several miles in extent which was located just to the east of the city and its waters were held in check by a huge dam the breaking of this dam would sweep the city just as johnstown was swept when the dam broke there from hamilton ohio comes a report that the flood had taken a toll of 1,000 lives from piqua ohio comes another report that the loss of life in the floods in that city will reach five hundred v from peru ind comes a midnight message that 200 persons have been drowned in the floods there all these reports are entirely without confirmation the examiner merely pats them on record in the form in which they were received without vouching for their authenticity from every city and town in ohio with which communication is still possible a tale of death and disaster is reported among the towns which suffered heavily is delaware where from 50 to 100 persons were drowned when the olentangy river flooded the town among the dead there are the widow and daughter of ham jones the georgia evangelist the residential portion of the town is in ruins residents are marooned on house-tops and in trees and because of the small number of boats on hand rescue work is slow lt is estimated that 2.000 persons are homeless and many are in a critical condi tion from lack of food and exposure the town of findlay is flood-swept and much ruin has resulted in the business continued n 4th page 2d column